Tickets available for UAlbany’s home opener

There are about 1,300 tickets left for sale to the public for UAlbany’s home opener against Columbia on Saturday at 7 p.m., according to Rob Totaro, the school’s assistant athletic director for tickets and marketing.

Totaro said 3,250 tickets have been distributed, including the 1,000 free tickets that are set aside for UAlbany students. SEFCU Arena has a capacity of 4,538.

“There’s still a lot of enthusiasm about the team,” Totaro said of the Great Danes, who have won the past two America East Conference championships.

Totaro said the first 250 student tickets will be handed out to those students who attend the UAlbany women’s home game against Colgate on Thursday night. The rest will be distributed starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

The tickets for general sale are $10 for reserved seats, $1 for children 12-and-under. Tickets can be purchased by calling 442-4683 or visiting the UAlbany box office in SEFCU Arena.

Totaro said all the chairbacks and courtside seats are sold out for the season because UAlbany has sold a program-high 1,900 season tickets for this season.

UAlbany sold out its home opener against Bucknell last season, when the Bison were receiving votes in the preseason Top 25 and the Great Danes were raising their first America East Conference championship banner. UAlbany also had the appeal of guard Jamar Wilson, the best player in program history, who is gone.